World Politics

Women and children attend a civil registration event. Without registration there can be no birth certificate, no identity card, no passport and no proof of age or parentage

The 40 million children who just didn't exist

One charity's campaign to register the births of all children in the developing world is transforming millions of young lives.

Inside World Politics

America's 'first Pacific president' woos China, North Korea, and Burma

Sunday, 15 November 2009

US President Barack Obama pledged yesterday, in the first major speech of his extensive Asia tour, to deepen dialogue with China rather than seek to contain the rising power.

IoS graphic: UN child report

Sunday, 15 November 2009

IoS graphic: Where to find the world's missing people

Sunday, 15 November 2009

Suicide attack piles pressure on Obama and Brown

Saturday, 14 November 2009

Prime Minister says Nato will send another 5,000 troops to Afghanistan

Karzai told to talk with the Taliban

Saturday, 14 November 2009

The British Government has suggested that the government of Hamid Karzai should talk to the Taliban leadership, the so-called "Quetta Shura", in an attempt to bring insurgents into the political process.

US indecision annoys British Government

Friday, 13 November 2009

British ministers and military chiefs fear that wrangling in the US over the deployment of extra troops risks undermining support for the war in Britain. They are irritated and angry over the delay in obtaining a decision amid signs that President Obama's administration is deeply split over the issue.